Liam O'Neill (Gaelic footballer)

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| irish = Liam Ó Néill

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| province = Connacht

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Liam O'Neill (born 1947) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back at senior level for the Galway county team.

O'Neill joined the team during the late 1960s and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for almost a decade. During that time he won six Connacht medals and one All-Star award.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Galway/Profile.aspx|title=Galway GAA profile|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=15 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526185053/http://www.hoganstand.com/Galway/Profile.aspx|archivedate=26 May 2010}} He is a member of a unique set of Galway players who lost three All-Ireland finals in four years

O'Neill had a lengthy club career with St Grellan's.

He went on to manage the Mayo county football team in later years and his son Kevin played inter-county football for Mayo.